Blackpool manager Jose Riga is on the brink of leaving the club this weekend.

It is understood that the relationship between Riga and the increasingly unpopular chairman Karl Oyston has broken down. As of Saturday evening, Riga was still to learn his fate but it is understood that Blackpool have decided to sack their manager.

The manager, who had just six players available to him when he took over at the beginning of the summer, has been forced to adopt a bargain basement approach to his squad-building. At the start of the summer, he is understood to have been promised a £7million budget to construct his squad but such a war-chest never materialised.

Out? Blackpool manager Jose Riga is on the brink of leaving the strugglign Championship club this weekend

Home: The Belgium coach has spent this week away from Bloomfield Road and in his native country

Strained: The relationship between Riga and increasingly unpopular chairman Karl Oyston has broken down

The manager has grown increasingly exasperated by the false promises emanating from the boardroom and Oyston's attempts to discredit him in the Press.

Riga was determined to bring in further reinforcements on deadline day but the chairman was either unable or unwilling to facilitate any signings.

Riga was desperate to bolster his squad after Blackpool lost their first five matches of the season and exited the Capital One Cup. Blackpool are bottom of the Championship.

The Belgian coach has spent much of this past week on a scheduled break in his native country to spend time with his family, but was spotted back at Bloomfield Road on Saturday evening. It now seems certain he will not have a job for too much longer.

A source close to the club told Sportsmail: 'Jose will do well to see out this weekend. It could not go on and the place is on its knees sadly.'

Riga's assistant Bart de Roover walked out on the club earlier this week after the club allegedly refused to produce a contract for him to sign. De Roover claims that he was not paid during the three months that he spent working at the club.

In the absence of Riga, training has been conducted by coach Noel Blake.

Former Burnley, Bolton and Wigan manager Owen Coyle is the frontrunner to take over the job, although it is understood that he has reservations over the working conditions of the Oyston regime.

Blackpool and the chairman Karl Oyston have been contacted by Sportsmail but are yet to respond.

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Protest: Tangerines fans form a human 'Oyston Out' sign on the Comedy Carpet next to Blackpool Tower